Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for using a video capture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger

ABSTRACT

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for using a video capture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger. One method includes receiving, from a video capture device of a vehicle, video data of a view outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; displaying, on a display device for a passenger of the vehicle, a request for a mode of display of the video data, the mode of displaying including a passive video mode and an active video mode; receiving a selection of the mode of display; displaying a request for a video display type when the passive video mode is selected; and displaying the video data including a menu, the menu including a plurality of selectable icons to interact with the video data when the active video mode is selected.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to displaying atleast part of a forward-facing view of a vehicle on a display device inthe vehicle. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosurerelate to alleviating motion sickness by using a display device havingan augmented view of a camera mounted on or in a vehicle.

INTRODUCTION

Passengers of a vehicle may have a reduced or no forward outside view ofthe vehicle. These passengers may get motion sickness when their sensesboth perceive motion of the vehicle and perceive a stationary view.Because of the reduced view or lack of a view outside of the vehicle andthe feeling of the vehicle in motion, motion sickness may be induced forat least some of the passengers. For example, a passenger inside a planeor a ship may only see a stationary interior view of the plane or shipwhile still feeling the motion of the vehicle. Similarly, a passenger ofan automobile may see a reduced front view or only a side view of theautomobile in motion.

In order to reduce the likelihood of motion sickness, a passenger may beaided by looking at a stationary point of reference in front of avehicle. For example, passengers on a ship may alleviate motion sicknessby looking at a fixed object on land or at the horizon, and observingthe motion of the ship relative to the fixed object or horizon.Similarly, a passenger in an automobile may alleviate motion sickness bylooking out of the front windshield at stationary object in front of thevehicle.

Today, many passengers of vehicles may attempt to use display deviceswhile the vehicles are in motion, and thus, may increase theirlikelihood of developing motion sickness by interacting with theirdisplay devices and reducing their outside of the vehicles. For example,a passenger editing a document, playing video games, and/or watching avideo, may focus their view on the display while their body feels therelative motion of the vehicle, which may induce motion sickness.

Due to motion sickness, it is desirable to provide methods, systems, andcomputer-readable media that alleviate motion sickness by utilizing adisplay device displaying video from a camera mounted on a vehicle.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

According to certain embodiments, systems, methods, andcomputer-readable media are disclosed for using a video capture deviceto alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger.

According to certain embodiments, computer-implemented methods aredisclosed for using a video capture device to alleviate motion sicknessvia an augmented display for a passenger. One method includes:receiving, from a video capture device of a vehicle, video data of aview outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; displaying,on a display device for a passenger of the vehicle, a request for a modeof display of the video data, the mode of displaying including a passivevideo mode and an active video mode; receiving, from the passenger, aselection of the mode of display; displaying, on the display device forthe passenger, a request for a video display type when the passive videomode is selected; and displaying, on the display device for thepassenger, the video data including a menu, the menu including aplurality of selectable icons to interact with the video data when theactive video mode is selected.

According to certain embodiments, systems are disclosed for using avideo capture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmenteddisplay for a passenger. One system includes a data storage device thatstores instructions for using a video capture device to alleviate motionsickness via an augmented display for a passenger; and a processorconfigured to execute the instructions to perform a method including:receiving, from a video capture device of a vehicle, video data of aview outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; displaying,on a display for a passenger of the vehicle, a request for a mode ofdisplay of the video data, the mode of displaying including a passivevideo mode and an active video mode; receiving, from the passenger, aselection of the mode of display; displaying, on the display for thepassenger, a request for a video display type when the passive videomode is selected; and displaying, on the display for the passenger, thevideo data including a menu, the menu including a plurality ofselectable icons to interact with the video data when the active videomode is selected.

According to certain embodiments, non-transitory computer-readable mediaare disclosed that store instructions that, when executed by a computer,cause the computer to perform a method for using a video capture deviceto alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger.One computer-readable medium includes the method of: receiving, from avideo capture device of a vehicle, video data of a view outside of thevehicle while the vehicle is in motion; displaying, on a display devicefor a passenger of the vehicle, a request for a mode of display of thevideo data, the mode of displaying including a passive video mode and anactive video mode; receiving, from the passenger, a selection of themode of display; displaying, on the display device for the passenger, arequest for a video display type when the passive video mode isselected; and displaying, on the display device for the passenger, thevideo data including a menu, the menu including a plurality ofselectable icons to interact with the video data when the active videomode is selected.

Additional objects and advantages of the disclosed embodiments will beset forth in part in the description that follows, and in part will beapparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of thedisclosed embodiments. The objects and advantages of the disclosedembodiments will be realized and attained by means of the elements andcombinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description andthe following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory onlyand are not restrictive of the disclosed embodiments, as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the course of the detailed description to follow, reference will bemade to the attached drawings. The drawings show different aspects ofthe present disclosure and, where appropriate, reference numeralsillustrating like structures, components, materials and/or elements indifferent figures are labeled similarly. It is understood that variouscombinations of the structures, components, and/or elements, other thanthose specifically shown, are contemplated and are within the scope ofthe present disclosure.

Moreover, there are many embodiments of the present disclosure describedand illustrated herein. The present disclosure is neither limited to anysingle aspect nor embodiment thereof, nor to any combinations and/orpermutations of such aspects and/or embodiments. Moreover, each of theaspects of the present disclosure, and/or embodiments thereof, may beemployed alone or in combination with one or more of the other aspectsof the present disclosure and/or embodiments thereof. For the sake ofbrevity, certain permutations and combinations are not discussed and/orillustrated separately herein.

FIG. 1 depicts an exemplary environment in which video data from a videocapture device mounted in or on a vehicle is displayed on a displaydevice of a passenger of the vehicle, according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure

FIG. 2 depicts an exemplary display of a display device of video datafrom a video capture device mounted in or on a vehicle, according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 3A-3D depict exemplary displays of a display device of video datafrom a video capture device mounted in or on a vehicle while in apassive video mode, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 4 depicts an exemplary display of a display device of video datafrom a video capture device mounted in or on a vehicle while in anactive video mode, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 depicts an exemplary augmented display of a display device ofvideo data from a video capture device mounted in or on a vehicle whilein an active video mode, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 6 depicts a flowchart illustrating a method for using a videocapture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display fora passenger, according to embodiments of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 7 is a simplified functional block diagram of a computer that maybe configured as a device for executing the methods of FIG. 6, accordingto exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.

Again, there are many embodiments described and illustrated herein. Thepresent disclosure is neither limited to any single aspect norembodiment thereof, nor to any combinations and/or permutations of suchaspects and/or embodiments. Each of the aspects of the presentdisclosure, and/or embodiments thereof, may be employed alone or incombination with one or more of the other aspects of the presentdisclosure and/or embodiments thereof. For the sake of brevity, many ofthose combinations and permutations are not discussed separately herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

One skilled in the art will recognize that various implementations andembodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced in accordancewith the specification. All of these implementations and embodiments areintended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure.

As used herein, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “have,” “having,”“include,” “including,” or any other variation thereof, are intended tocover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article,or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include onlythose elements, but may include other elements not expressly listed orinherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. The term“exemplary” is used in the sense of “example,” rather than “ideal.”

For the sake of brevity, conventional techniques related to wirelessdata transmission, detection systems, GPS systems, and other functionalaspects of the systems (and the individual operating components of thesystems) may not be described in detail herein. Furthermore, theconnecting lines shown in the various figures contained herein areintended to represent exemplary functional relationships and/or physicalcouplings between the various elements. It should be noted that manyalternative and/or additional functional relationships or physicalconnections may be present in an embodiment of the subject matter.

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments of thedisclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be usedthroughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

Vehicle passengers, including passengers traveling by car, minivan, bus,plane, boat, etc., who do not have a view of a path ahead of thevehicle, for example, rear-seat riders, may be susceptible to developingmotion sickness. Common remedies to motion sickness, including placingpassengers in a place such as a “front seat” in which they may see thepath ahead, may not always be available. For example, the front seat mayalready be occupied by another passenger, and/or there may be legalrestrictions in place preventing the passenger from sitting in a frontseat (e.g., commercial airline passengers may not be allowed to ride inthe cockpit, and children may be legally required to ride in the rearseat of a vehicle). Further, even when a passenger is in a front seat,the passenger may not have a view of the path ahead of the vehicle ifthey are looking down to interact with a digital device.

The present disclosure relates to obtaining a video feed from a camerathat is mounted in or on a vehicle and displaying the video feed to apassenger or a user on a display device, such as a tablet, smartphone,laptop, a display screen mounted inside the vehicle, or any device witha display. The video may be displayed on the whole screen of the displaydevice, an overlay of the screen of the display device, and/or a portionof the screen of the display device. This video on the display devicemay allow for direct or peripheral vision of the passenger or user todetect the video feed from the camera, and may allow the passenger oruser to perceive a similar line of sight as the driver of the vehicle.When a passenger perceives a similar line of sight as the driver of thevehicle, the passenger may prevent and/or alleviate motion sickness thatmay have developed due to an obstructed view while feeling the vehiclein motion.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a passenger or a user ofthe display device may interact with the video feed through anapplication running on the display device. For example, the passenger orthe user may play various games that incorporate use of the video feedfrom the camera mounted in or on the vehicle. In one embodiment, thepassenger or the user may virtually race other real vehicles and/orvirtual vehicles on the path ahead of the vehicle. Additionally, oralternatively, the passenger or user may interactively create variousobstacles or introduce other characters within the real-time video feed.

For example, a passenger within the vehicle may use a video feed of aforward-facing video camera to detect neighboring vehicles on his or herdisplay device. The neighboring vehicles within a field-of-view of thevideo feed from the camera may be detected by for example, a vehiclerecognition program running on the display device. The neighboringvehicles may also have forward facing camera and/or other sensors fordetecting the vehicle in which the passenger is traveling, and thus, theneighboring vehicle may detect the vehicle in which the passenger istraveling. Using communication capabilities, the vehicle and neighboringvehicles may communicate with each other and provide video feeds and/orother sensor data to each other. With the video feed from the vehicle inwhich the passenger is travelling and/or the video feeds and/or othersensor data from neighboring vehicles, the display device may augmentthe video feed displayed to the passenger.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a passenger of a vehiclewith a camera mounted in or on a vehicle may play a racing game thatallows the passenger to operate a virtual vehicle driving in front ofthe vehicle in which the passenger is traveling. Points may be awardedto and/or removed from a score of the passenger based on interactionswith real and/or virtual objects displayed on the display device. Forexample, the score of the passenger may be increased or decreased basedon driving habits of the passenger of the virtual vehicle, the abilityof the passenger to avoid and/or cause collisions with real or virtualobjects, the ability of the passenger to collect virtual points and/orvirtual items on the screen, the passing or being passed by drivers ofneighboring vehicles, virtual vehicles, and/or other virtual vehicles ofother passengers, etc. In an alternate embodiment, the applicationrunning on the display device may connect wirelessly to the Internetand/or connect via a wired connection to other display devices in thevehicle, and thus, the application may provide access to online gamingwith other passengers located in proximity of the vehicle in which thecamera is mounted.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a passenger of a vehiclewith a camera mounted in or on a vehicle may insert one or more virtualobjects in front of the vehicle or other vehicles. For example, the oneor more virtual objects may be walls, pot holes, oil spills, slime,and/or other objects. The vehicle, virtual vehicles, and/or otherneighboring vehicles may interact with and/or collide with these virtualobjects. Additionally, the passenger may be awarded points for theseinteractions.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a passenger of a vehiclewith a camera mounted in or on a vehicle may play a guessing game and/oran “I-Spy” game. For example, the display device may include an opticalrecognition module and/or an optical character recognition module, andthe passenger may be sent a request to identify a certain type of color,a certain type of vehicle, a certain type of road feature, a certainword and/or character. The passenger may be awarded and/or penalizedpoints based on his or her response. Additionally, the passenger mayplay games with other passengers in the vehicle, in neighboringvehicles, and/or with other users online. For example, the passenger mayidentify an object, word, color, etc., and other passengers may attemptto identify the object, word, color, etc. that the passenger identified.

As will be described in further detail below, the display device mayallow a passenger of the vehicle to select between a passive video modeand an active video mode. The passive video mode may allow the passengerto view the video feed of the camera mounted in or on the vehiclewithout augmentation to the video feed. This may allow the passenger touse a display device to alleviate or prevent motion sickness bypresenting a view in front of the vehicle. The active video mode mayallow the passenger to create and interact with an augmented video feed,such as play games and/or create virtual objects in the video feed.

FIG. 1 depicts an exemplary environment 100 in which video data from avideo capture device mounted in or on a vehicle is displayed on adisplay device of a passenger of the vehicle, according to an embodimentof the present disclosure. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, avideo capture device 102 may be mounted in a vehicle 104. The videocapture device 102 may be, for example, one or more video cameras and/orother similar imaging devices, such as infrared and night-visioncameras, that capture real-time video. The video capture device 102 maybe mounted at least in a forward-facing direction. Alternatively, and/oradditionally, one or more additional video capture devices may bemounted in the forward-facing direction and/or other directions. Forexample, a plurality of video capture devices 102 may be mounted inand/or on vehicle 104 to provide a full 360 degree field of view to apassenger. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the videocapture device 102 may be mounted on the dashboard of the vehicle 104and/or on a windshield of vehicle 104. In another embodiment, the videocapture device 102 may be mounted outside of the vehicle 104, i.e., onthe hood of the vehicle 104, on a grill of the vehicle 104, and/or otherlocations on the vehicle 104. A person of ordinary skill in the art willappreciate that one or more video capture devices 102 may be mounted ina wide variety of locations in and/or on the vehicle 104, and each ofthese arrangements is considered to be within the scope of the presentdisclosure.

The video capture device 102 may capture optical images of an externalenvironment 106 of the vehicle 104. In one embodiment, the video capturedevice 102 may capture forward-facing video data of the externalenvironment 106. For example, the video capture device 102 may convertoptical video data into electronic video data, which may be transmittedwired or wirelessly from the video capture device 102 to a displaydevice 108 of a passenger 110.

Accordingly, electronic video data may be provided to the display device108 of the passenger 110. In a wired and/or wireless embodiment, thedisplay device 108 may be built into the back of a seat in front of thepassenger 110 or into a flip-out or drop-down overhead video displaysystem (not shown). In a wireless embodiment, the display device 108 maybe one or more of a mobile laptop, a tablet computer, a smartphone,and/or a portable dedicated gaming device. In one embodiment, theelectronic video data may be transmitted to a remote display device (notshown) or a remote server (not shown) by a high-bandwidth, low-latencycommunication system, such as a third generation (3G) and/or fourthgeneration (4G) cellular communication system. In this way, a remoteuser and/or passenger in another vehicle may follow along on a route ofthe vehicle 104, and also interact with the electronic video data.

The display device 108 may receive the electronic video data of a videocapture device 102 mounted on a vehicle104. In one embodiment, theelectronic video data may be forward-facing video data. FIG. 2 depictsan exemplary display of a display device of video data from a videocapture device mounted in or on a vehicle, according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. When the display device 108 receives theelectronic video data, the display device 108 may display, to thepassenger 110, a request 112 for a selection of a mode of display of theelectronic video data. The mode of display of the electronic video datamay include a passive video mode 114 and an active video mode 116. Afterdisplaying the request 112 for the selection of the mode of display, thedisplay device may receive, from the passenger 110, a selected mode ofdisplay.

When the passive video mode 114 is selected by the passenger 110, theelectronic video data of the video capture device 102 may be displayedto the passenger 110 on the display device 108 without and changes toand/or augmentation of the electronic video data. The electronic videodata may be of forward-facing video data that provides the passenger 110with real-time images of the external environment 106. The real-timeimages of the external environment 106 may alleviate motion sickness byallowing the passenger 110 to observe at a fixed object in front of thevehicle 104 or at the horizon in front of the vehicle 104. Further, ifinfrared and night-vision cameras are employed, the real-time images ofthe external environment 106 may be used to alleviate motion sickness atnight.

FIGS. 3A-3D depict exemplary displays of a display device of video datafrom a video capture device mounted in or on a vehicle while in apassive video mode, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. When the passive video mode 114 is selected by the passenger110, a request for a passive video display type may be displayed on thedisplay device 108. As shown in FIGS. 3A-3D, the passive video displaytype may include a full screen display type 302, a windowed display type304, an overlay display type 306, and a percentage display type 308. Afull screen display type may display the electronic video data of thevideo capture device 104 on a full screen of the display device 102. Anoverlay display type may display the electronic video data of the videocapture device as one of a transparent background of the desktop of thegraphic user interface of the display device 102 or a transparent windowon the desktop of the graphic user interface of the display device 102.The transparent background or transparent window may allow the passenger110 to view the external environment 106 captured by the video capturedevice 102 while also allowing the passenger 110 to interact with thegraphic user interface of the display device 102. A windowed displaytype may display the electronic video data of the video capture device104 as a window on the desktop of the graphic user interface of thedisplay device 102. A percentage display type may display the electronicvideo data of the video capture device 104 as a percentage of thedisplay on the desktop of the graphic user interface of the displaydevice 102. For example, the electronic video data may occupy a top 25%of the display, a bottom 25% of the display device, a left 25% of thedisplay, a right 25% of the display, and/or any other percentage of thedisplay of the display device. In an alternative embodiment, a passivevideo display type may also include a background display type that maydisplay the electronic video data of the video capture device as abackground of a desktop of a graphic user interface of the displaydevice 102.

FIG. 4 depicts an exemplary display of a display device of video datafrom a video capture device mounted in or on a vehicle while in anactive video mode, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.When the active video mode 116 is selected by the passenger 110, aninteractive menu 402 may be displayed on the display device 108, alongwith the electronic video data of the video capture device 104. As shownin FIG. 4, the interactive menu 402 may include selectable icons 404 forinteracting with the electronic video data.

FIG. 5 depicts an exemplary augmented display of a display device ofvideo data from a video capture device mounted in or on a vehicle whilein an active video mode, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The display device 108 may create an augmented reality video506 by merging, augmenting, and/or fusing the electronic video data ofthe video capture device 104 with one or more virtual images 508, 510,the one or more virtual images 508, 510 may be based on the selectableicon 404 selected by the passenger 110. Accordingly, a display device108 may allow a passenger to play an augment reality game. During agame, augmented reality video 506 includes video feed into which variousvirtual objects 508, 510 have been added.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the interactive menu 402may include selectable icons 404 for creating simulated controls,simulated terrains, simulated barriers, simulated weapons, and/or othersimulated obstacles or obstructions that may be created by softwarerunning on the display device 104 and merged, augmented, and/or fusedwith the electronic video data of the video capture device 104. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 5, a virtual wall 510 and a virtual pyramid508 are shown with the electronic video data in the augmented realityvideo 506.

When the active video mode 116 is selected by the passenger 110, thedisplay device 104 may analyze the electronic video data of the videocapture device 104 to recognize objects within the electronic videodata. For example, the display device 104 may include object recognitionfunctionality to detect virtual and real objects in the augmentedreality video 506. Object recognition functionality may include opticalcharacter recognition to recognize text on signs and/or other vehicles.Object recognition functionality may also include road featurerecognition, such as recognizing signs, lanes, shoulders, exits, ramps,intersections, overpasses, etc.; and vehicle recognition, suchrecognizing vehicles, types of vehicles, etc.

In additional and/or alternative embodiments of the present disclosure,the augmented reality video 506 may also include information about thevehicle 104, such as fuel, speed, location, distance to a destination,distance from a source, distance travelled, etc., and/or informationabout the augmented reality video, such as game information, points,score, damage, fuel, effects, etc. For example, current fuel and acurrent score may be included in the augmented reality video 506.Additionally, along with the display of the current fuel, points may beawarded and/or deducted, and/or virtual damage may be displayed as aresult of a collision with one or more virtual objects. In oneembodiment, the results of a collision, i.e., virtual damage, may beoverlaid on a real object or virtual object.

As discussed above, the augmented reality video 506 may be provided inreal-time to the display device of the passenger via a wired connectionor via a wireless connection. The passenger may then interact with theselectable icons 404 and/or additional controls to input virtual objectsand/or to control virtual vehicles. An application running on thedisplay device may store and update values in a memory of one or more ofvirtual objects, virtual vehicles, points, score, damage, fuel, and/oreffects associated with the augmented reality video 506 being controlledby the passenger. Based on updates to the augmented reality video 506and/or input by the passenger, the augmented reality video 506 may beupdated

The passenger may control the augmented reality video 506 by interactingwith the selectable icons 404. It should be noted that instead ofselectable icons 404, keyboards, mice, buttons, joysticks, trackballs,dials, levers, triggers, sliders, and/or any analog and/or digital inputdevices may be used to interact with the augmented reality video 506.

FIG. 6 depicts a flowchart illustrating a method 600 for using a videocapture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display fora passenger, according to embodiments of the present disclosure. Thevarious tasks and/or steps performed in connection with the method 600of FIG. 6 may be performed by software, hardware, firmware, and/or anycombination thereof. For illustrative purposes, the followingdescription of the method of FIG. 6 may refer to elements mentionedabove in connection with FIGS. 1, 2, 3A-3D, 4, and 5. In practice,portions of the method of FIG. 6 may be performed by different elementsof the described system. It should also be appreciated that the methodof FIG. 6 may include any number of additional and/or alternative tasksand/or steps and that the method 600 of FIG. 6 may be incorporated intoa more comprehensive procedure or process having additionalfunctionality not described in detail herein. Moreover, one or more ofthe tasks and/or steps shown in FIG. 6 may be omitted from an embodimentof the method of FIG. 6.

Method 600 may begin at step 602 in which video data of a view outsideof a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion may be received from a videocapture device. The video capture device of the vehicle may be mountedin the vehicle and/or mounted on the vehicle. Additionally, and/oralternatively, the video data of the video capture device may be of aforward-facing view outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is inmotion.

After receiving video data from the video capture device, at step 604, adisplay device for a passenger of the vehicle may display request for amode of display of the video data. The mode of displaying the video datamay include a passive video mode and an active video mode. Then, at step606, a selection of the mode of display of the video data may bereceived from the passenger.

After receiving the selection of the mode of display of the video data,the display device for the passenger may display a request for a videodisplay type when the passive video mode is selected at step 608, or thedisplay device for the passenger may display the video data including amenu, the menu including a plurality of selectable icons to interactwith the video data when the active video mode is selected at step 610.

After displaying the request for the video display type when the passivevideo mode is selected, at step 612, a selection of the video displaytype may be received from the passenger. The video display type mayinclude one of a background display type, a full window display type, anoverlay display type, a windowed display type, and a percentage displaytype. Then, at step 614, the display device for the passenger maydisplay the video data based on the selected video display type.

After displaying display the video data including the menu, at step 616,a selection of a selectable icon of the plurality of selectable iconsmay be received from the passenger. Displaying the video data includingthe menu may also include analyzing video data of the video capturedevice of the view outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motionto identify at least one target object in the video data representing areal object in the view outside of the vehicle. The menu including theplurality of selectable icons to interact with the identified realobject may also be displayed, and the plurality of selectable icons thatare displayed may be based on at least one of the identified real objectand the analyzed video data. The display device may display augmentvideo data that includes a virtual object on and/or around theidentified real object based on a selection of a first selectable iconof the plurality of selectable icons. The display device may create theaugmented video data by one of merging, augmenting, and/or fusing thevideo data of the video capture device with one or more virtual objects,the one or more virtual objects may be based on the selection of theselectable icon by the passenger. The selection of the selectable iconmay identify at least one virtual object to include in the augmentedvideo data.

After receiving the selection of a selectable icon of the plurality ofselectable icons, at step 618, the display device may display theaugmented video data with one or more virtual objects, the one or morevirtual objects may be based on the selection of the selectable icon bythe passenger.

FIG. 7 is a simplified functional block diagram of a computer that maybe configured as devices, systems, and/or servers for executing themethods, according to exemplary an embodiment of the present disclosure.Specifically, in one embodiment, any of the devices, systems, and/orservers may be an assembly of hardware 700 including, for example, adata communication interface 760 for packet data communication. Theplatform may also include a central processing unit (“CPU”) 720, in theform of one or more processors, for executing program instructions. Theplatform includes an internal communication bus 710, program storage,and data storage for various data files to be processed and/orcommunicated by the platform, such as ROM 730 and RAM 740, although thesystem 700 receives programming and data via network communications 760.The server 700 also may include input and output ports 750 to connectwith input and output devices such as keyboards, mice, touchscreens,monitors, displays, etc. Of course, the various server functions may beimplemented in a distributed fashion on a number of similar platforms,to distribute the processing load. Alternatively, the servers may beimplemented by appropriate programming of one computer hardwareplatform.

Program aspects of the technology may be thought of as “products” or“articles of manufacture” typically in the form of executable codeand/or associated data that is carried on or embodied in a type ofmachine-readable medium. “Storage” type media include any or all of thetangible memory of the computers, processors or the like, or associatedmodules thereof, such as various semiconductor memories, tape drives,disk drives and the like, which may provide non-transitory storage atany time for the software programming. All or portions of the softwaremay at times be communicated through the Internet or various othertelecommunication networks. Such communications, for example, may enableloading of the software from one computer or processor into another, forexample, from a management server or host computer of the mobilecommunication network into the computer platform of a server and/or froma server to the mobile device. Thus, another type of media that may bearthe software elements includes optical, electrical and electromagneticwaves, such as used across physical interfaces between local devices,through wired and optical and line networks and over various air-links.The physical elements that carry such waves, such as wired or wirelesslinks, optical links, or the like, also may be considered as mediabearing the software. As used herein, unless restricted tonon-transitory, tangible “storage” media, terms such as computer ormachine “readable medium” refer to any medium that participates inproviding instructions to a processor for execution.

While the presently disclosed methods, devices, and systems aredescribed with exemplary reference to transmitting data within avehicle, it should be appreciated that the presently disclosedembodiments may be applicable to any environment, such as a desktop orlaptop computer, an automobile entertainment system, a homeentertainment system, etc. Also, the presently disclosed embodiments maybe applicable to any type of Internet protocol.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled inthe art from consideration of the specification and practice of theinvention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification andexamples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spiritof the invention being indicated by the following claims.

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 21. A computer-implemented method for using a videocapture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display fora passenger, the method comprising: receiving, from a video capturedevice, video data of a view outside of a vehicle while the vehicle isin motion; analyzing video data of the video capture device of the viewoutside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion to identify atleast one target object in the video data representing a real object inthe view outside of the vehicle; displaying, on the display device forthe passenger, the video data including a menu, the menu including aplurality of selectable icons to interact with the identified at leastone target object in the video data, wherein the plurality of selectableicons are based on at least one of the identified real object and theanalyzed video data; and displaying, on the display device for thepassenger, augment video data that includes at least one virtual objecton or around the identified real object based on a selection of a firstselectable icon of the plurality of selectable icons.
 22. The methodaccording to claim 21, wherein the at least one virtual object includesone or more of i) walls, ii) pot holes, iii) oil spills, iv) slime, andv) simulated objects in which at least one of the vehicle, a virtualvehicle, and a neighboring vehicle interacts.
 23. The method accordingto claim 21, wherein the video capture device of the vehicle is one ofmounted in the vehicle or on the vehicle.
 24. The method according toclaim 21, wherein the video data of the video capture device is of aforward-facing view outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is inmotion.
 25. The method according to claim 21, further comprising:receiving the selection of the first selectable icon of the plurality ofselectable icons, wherein the selection of the first selectable iconidentifies the at least one virtual object to include in the augmentedvideo data.
 26. The method according to claim 21, wherein displayingaugment video data includes: creating, by the display device, anaugmented video data by one of merging, augmenting, and fusing the videodata of the video capture device with the at least one virtual object,wherein the at least one virtual object are based on the selection ofthe first selectable icon by the passenger.
 27. The method according toclaim 21, further comprising: sending a request to identify at least oneof a type of color, a type of vehicle, a type of road feature, a wordand a character in the augmented video data.
 28. The method according toclaim 26, further comprising: receiving a response to the request toidentify at least one of a type of color, a type of vehicle, a type ofroad feature, a word and a character in the augmented video data; andassigning a point value based on the received response.
 29. A system forusing a video capture device to alleviate motion sickness via anaugmented display for a passenger, the system including: a data storagedevice that stores instructions for using a video capture device toalleviate motion sickness via an augmented display for a passenger; anda processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a methodincluding: receiving, from a video capture device, video data of a viewoutside of a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; analyzing videodata of the video capture device of the view outside of the vehiclewhile the vehicle is in motion to identify at least one target object inthe video data representing a real object in the view outside of thevehicle; displaying, on the display device for the passenger, the videodata including a menu, the menu including a plurality of selectableicons to interact with the identified at least one target object in thevideo data, wherein the plurality of selectable icons are based on atleast one of the identified real object and the analyzed video data; anddisplaying, on the display device for the passenger, augment video datathat includes at least one virtual object on or around the identifiedreal object based on a selection of a first selectable icon of theplurality of selectable icons.
 30. The system according to claim 29,wherein the at least one virtual object includes one or more of i)walls, ii) pot holes, iii) oil spills, iv) slime, and v) simulatedobjects in which at least one of the vehicle, a virtual vehicle, and aneighboring vehicle interacts.
 31. The system according to claim 29,wherein the video capture device of the vehicle is one of mounted in thevehicle or on the vehicle.
 32. The system according to claim 29, whereinthe video data of the video capture device is of a forward-facing viewoutside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.
 33. The systemaccording to claim 29, further comprising: receiving the selection ofthe first selectable icon of the plurality of selectable icons, whereinthe selection of the first selectable icon identifies the at least onevirtual object to include in the augmented video data.
 34. The systemaccording to claim 29, wherein displaying augment video data includes:creating, by the display device, an augmented video data by one ofmerging, augmenting, and fusing the video data of the video capturedevice with the at least one virtual object, wherein the at least onevirtual object are based on the selection of the first selectable iconby the passenger.
 35. The system according to claim 29, furthercomprising: sending a request to identify at least one of a type ofcolor, a type of vehicle, a type of road feature, a word and a characterin the augmented video data.
 36. The system according to claim 35,further comprising: receiving a response to the request to identify atleast one of a type of color, a type of vehicle, a type of road feature,a word and a character in the augmented video data; and assigning apoint value based on the received response.
 37. A non-transitorycomputer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by acomputer, cause the computer to perform a method for using a videocapture device to alleviate motion sickness via an augmented display fora passenger, the method including: receiving, from a video capturedevice, video data of a view outside of a vehicle while the vehicle isin motion; analyzing video data of the video capture device of the viewoutside of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion to identify atleast one target object in the video data representing a real object inthe view outside of the vehicle; displaying, on the display device forthe passenger, the video data including a menu, the menu including aplurality of selectable icons to interact with the identified at leastone target object in the video data, wherein the plurality of selectableicons are based on at least one of the identified real object and theanalyzed video data; and displaying, on the display device for thepassenger, augment video data that includes at least one virtual objecton or around the identified real object based on a selection of a firstselectable icon of the plurality of selectable icons.
 38. Thecomputer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein the at least one virtualobject includes one or more of i) walls, ii) pot holes, iii) oil spills,iv) slime, and v) simulated objects in which at least one of thevehicle, a virtual vehicle, and a neighboring vehicle interacts.
 39. Thecomputer-readable medium of claim 37, further comprising: sending arequest to identify at least one of a type of color, a type of vehicle,a type of road feature, a word and a character in the augmented videodata.
 40. The computer-readable medium of claim 39, further comprising:receiving a response to the request to identify at least one of a typeof color, a type of vehicle, a type of road feature, a word and acharacter in the augmented video data; and assigning a point value basedon the received response.